Injured firefighter thanks Little Compton, Tiverton rescuers
TIVERTON — Robert Forand, a Fall River firefighter “helping a buddy” with some carpentry work on the morning of Wednesday, March 13, fell 18 feet from staging outside a Little Compton house into a basement bulkhead that was eight feet below grade. After being extricated from that confined space, he was rushed to a baseball [...]
Read More →Help clean up Westport’s woods trails
Volunteers are invited to enjoy a hike and help clean winter’s debris at the Brookside Conservation Area this Friday, April 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. Meet at the property on American Legion Highway about .8 miles east of Route 88. Wear sturdy shoes and heavy gloves. Bring your own loppers and water to drink. [...]
Read More →Cape Verdean Prime Minister Neves visits East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — An eager and enthusiastic audience of some 100 area residents greeted Cape Verde Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves at the Cape Verdean Progressive Center on Grosvenor Avenue in city mid-day Saturday, March 30. Prime Minister Neves spent a few hours in East Providence greeting and speaking with locals of Cape Verdean [...]
Read More →Video: Easter egg hunt at Glen Farm, Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — A few hundred children and their families descended upon Glen Farm Saturday for the 14th annual Easter Egg Hunt and Fun Day at the Brown House. Check out a video of the start of the egg hunt: Besides the main egg hunt, there were pony rides by Ponies to Go, storytelling by the “Tandem [...]
Read More →East Providence Police arrest two on counterfeit gift card charges
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects in possession of several thousands of dollars worth of fake gift cards. Sherlyn Oplan, 29, of 1530 Albany Street New York, N.Y., was charged with 147 counts of Forgery & Counterfeiting and 138 counts of Conspiracy. Luc Beaubrun, 25, of 1902 [...]
Read More →Lambert named animal control officer; Quinn to lead COA for now
In a long and sometimes contentious meeting, the Board of Selectmen last week managed to resolve for now two appointments that have been the source of discussion for many weeks. The board reappointed Donna Lambert to the post of animal control officer (with conditions), and it named Christine Quinn to serve as interim director of [...]
Read More →Trash or Treasure: “A Better Kind of Mousetrap”
I am on a mission to visit all of the historical society museums within the publishing borders of East Bay Newspapers. I recently revisited the Bristol Historical Society’s museum and with the school’s spring vacation coming up, there is plenty to see there, for young and old. If you have never visited, it is located [...]
Read More →Sullivan enters Planning Board contest as write-in candidate
Michael P. Sullivan issued a statement this week formally announcing his write-in candidacy for the Planning Board in the Westport election on Tuesday, April 9. “Recent experiences in local government affairs shed light on the necessity for more collaboration with all town boards and departments in order to effectively administer the bylaws, ordinances and regulations. The [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission signs off on TANs, approves custodial contract at final meeting
EAST PROVIDENCE — After receiving several platitudes upon its impending departure, the East Providence Budget Commission did give its approval to several noteworthy issues at its final scheduled meeting held Thursday, March 28, at City Hall. The Commission is ending its 15-month run of oversight of city affairs. Thursday, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and State [...]
Read More →No Fluke: West Bay Anglers raise $12,000… new fishing regulations coming
West Bay Anglers raise $12,000… new fishing regulations coming The raffle tickets kept crossing the table, the math was pretty simple: $1 a ticket. But by the time they were done, after 18 weeks of Lobster Raffles this winter, the West Bay Anglers had raised $12,000 for charity. Half was donated to their Take-a-Kid Fishing [...]
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